The Vikings listed veteran Shaun Hill as the starting and first-team quarterback in the unofficial depth chart released Tuesday. Recently acquired quarterback Sam Bradford is the backup.

The announcement is no surprise since Bradford is still settling in at Winter Park after Saturday’s trade, but also doesn’t mean he won’t start in Sunday’s season opener at Tennessee.

Bradford said his goal is to play Sunday and is working hard to learn the Vikings offense.

“That’s the goal, you know, to progress to that point to where I feel comfortable enough to get out there and play if I’m needed to,” he said. “But I can’t tell you if that’s going to be the case or not.”

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